Improvement in machines for soldering metallic vessels



1 niiet tica EDWARD r. cova-LL,` or BaooKLYNg-Nnw `Your.

Letters Patent No.v 106,257, dated August 9, 1870.

v IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR SOLDERING- METALLIC VESSELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same I, EDWARD T. Govern., of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andqState of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Apparatus for Soldering Tin Cans and other Vessels, ot' which the following is a specication.

Naturcand Object of the Invention..

This invention is designed to facilitate the process solder-hath, and their removal therefrom, as that with ordinary labor it may be accomplished with far greater rapidity than has heretofore been the case.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my apparatus, when constructed to revolve upon a central pivot.

Figure 2 is an elevation thereof.

Figure 3, a plan viewv of my apparatus when constructed to move in aright line, the extremities of the apparatus being broken away; e

Figure 4 being a transverse section, taken in the direction of the indirect line x x of tig. 3.

General Description'k A is a circular plate or carriage, revolving about and upon a central. standard, B.

C O C C are supports for metallic cans, each suspended between two upright standards or guides, D D D D, secured to the revolving plate or carriage A, at proper intervals, upon spiral springs, encircling said standards, so as to have a vertical movement between them.

E E E E are openings, out through the carriageplate A, between the standards D D and D D, corP responding iu form to the supports C G,.and made large enough to admit of a ready passage of the supports and of the cans placed thereon through them when the latter 'are depressed. y

F is a central upright pillar, extending from and forminga continuation ofthe standard B, upon which the carriage revolves.

G is a lever, 'pivoted at or near one end to the npper end of said pillar F, and extending thence far enough to project beyond the perimeter of the car.- riage A.

H is a set-screw, working vertically in aprojectiug -the two arms, c c, iig. 2, of each support.

lug and presenting the cans for immersion in the.

piece, secured to t-he side of the pillar F, immediately under the lever, to limit its downward movement.

L is a spring, secured to the short arm of tlic'lever, proeet-ing beyond its pivot point, and which serves to lift the lever after it has been depressed.

K K are rods, extending between and connecting rlhese rods are, each bent upwardly far enough to come within reach ofthe long arm of the lever, so that when the -lever is depressed, it shall bear thereon, and, forcing the same down, depress the support and carry it through the opening in the carriage-plate to reach the bath of molten solder beneath.y

L, iig. 2, is a solder-pan, upon a suitable furnace, placed under the carriage at al point directly under the lever G. 4'.lhe solder-pan is so arranged as that the carriage A shall cover it closely, while the openings E E therein will, in its movements, pass .directly over the same. v

M is a can to be soldered, illustrated as placed upon onev ot' the supports, '0, of theapparatus, andbrought under the lever and over the solder-pan in position to be dipped therein. When the support is in this position, the lever G drops, when forced'down, into a central notch, t, iig. 2, in' the cross-rod K, which prevents any movement of the support in a horizontal direction.

P ,g 3, is a plate or carriage, arranged t'omove horizontally in and between suitable ways lt R', placed on each side thereof.

E E' are openings formed in the plate, and G' O G C' supports arranged to move vertically over lsaid openings between standards D' D', secured to the carriage and provided with a transverse rod K', as heretofore described with reference to the carriage A, figs. l and 2.

L', iig. 4, is a solder-pan and furnace, arranged under the carriage P, in such position as that the open ings in the carriage may bc brought snccessivel y over the pan.

S is a standard or pillar, secured to one of the ways, R', opposite the furnace L', to the upper end of which is pivoted a lever, G', extendiiig out over the car.

riage, and centrali y over the solder-pan, to bear upon' the cross-'rods of the supports ou the carriage, when vthey are brought in line beneath it.

Then my apparatus is in operation the cans to be soldered, whose seams have first been properly' closed andfdipped in acid or other linx, are placed succes-A sively upon the supports ou one side of the solderpan. The carriage is then revolved or moved t'orward until one of the supports carrying a can is broughtcentrallyunder the lever of the machine. The

lever being now pressed down will force the support down through its opening in the carriage far enough more@ firemothe apparatus; lo

to cause the seams of the can thereon to dip into the molten solder in the pan below, the exact degree of Alever G. f

After `the seams have thus been immersed, the lever, being released, will be immediately elevatedk by its spring ,Inand the support at the same time lifted by the springs upon its guide-standards D I), and by a movement of the carriage the next can may be brought in position over the solder-pan, and that which has been soldered be carried forward to be readily re- It is evident that various forms of Y*supports and supporting-plates may be combined with the carriages A or I, and also that the solder-pans or vessels may be of any form or design, and be constructed as well with simple channels Ato contain the solder as with an open body tov contain a continuous mass thereof. Also, that the' supports may he fixed over the openings in the carriage instead of being made movable, as described, and the solder in such case be elevated in its containing vessel through the opening by means of suitable mechanism, to reach the seam of the can placed ou such fixed support` I contemplate the application of suitable stops and catches with the carriages A or A', to stop, limit, and

" 'enf with Yan control their movements at pleasure, and of levers orv other mechanical devices for imparting movement thereto.

G an elastic pressure-plate, W, lig. 2. This plate W' is secured by means of an interposed spring connection to the lever, ata point just over the can, so that when the lever is depressed the plate shall bear thereelevated.

I claim as my inveution= The combination of one or morek 'supports or supporting devices, for sustaining a can or other vessel to be soldered, with a carriage or amevmoving horizontally over a pau or vessel to contain molten solder, so as rto earrythe support device -or devices successively to and from the solder-pan, substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose herein set fort-h. i E. T. CQVELL. Witnesses G. S. WiLLlAMs, M. Af. OOVELLE.

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